Arthur Shaw (c.1881-1916)

An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.

Arthur Shaw

Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922

SHAW, ARTHUR. Private. No DM2/164584. Army Service Corps (Motor Transport Section). Born Linthwaite. Fifth son of the late Mr Joseph Shaw and Mrs Shaw, Lees House, Linthwaite. Was in business on his own account as a cloth merchant. Enlisted March 1916. Went into training at Austerley Park, near London. After a week was transferred to Lee in Kent. Whilst there he contracted a severe cold which developed into influenza. He was transferred to Woolwich Hospital, where he died of pneumonia on 12.4.1916, aged 34 years. Buried St. JAMES'S CHURCHYARD, SLAITHWAITE. Grave location:- in North-East part.